This paper is the result of a six months lasting project conducted at the faculty of economics, business administration and organizational science of the "Universität der Bundeswehr München". Together with 17 (male and female) students, the academic team, composed of Friedrich L. Sell and Martin Reidelhuber, worked on the theoretical basics of "trust" and "social capital" and, thereafter, elaborated an extensive questionnaire, based on the pioneer work by "World Value Surveys" (various years) and "Fundación BBVA" (2006). The questionnaire was filled out with the help of the online tool "2ask" by 319 out of 529 (male and female) students (who, at the same time, are officers of the German Armed Forces) at the faculty of economics, business administration and organizational science. Our intension was to detect the size and different aspects of "trust" and "social capital" among the students who responded. Also, we could compare many of our results with the results achieved by BBVA for a representative spot check of (1300) Germans in 2006. Three findings figure prominently: first, the students in Neubiberg, in general, do not differ significantly in their beliefs from the German population as a whole. Second: Both interrogated groups apparently have more trust in abstract (governmental and non-governmental) institutions than in the actions of people who represent those institutions in daily life. Third: the students' group is differently integrated into social networks than the overall German population; this seems to be due to their special professional and life situation, being at the same time students and officers of the German Armed Forces.